Line holder



J. J. AHEARN Swil. E?, W35.

LINE HOLDER Filed Jan. 6, 1934 memo, S v

ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 17, 1935 UNITED STATS anim PATENT QFFIQE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in line holding devices and more particularly has reference and is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in its application to a clothes line bracket or frame for use at the outside of a Window to facilitate hanging clothes upon the line without reaching outside the Window, the line being extended from the window to a pole or other support at a distant point.

Referring to said drawing Fig. 1 illustrates in perspective parts being omitted, a suitable form of line holder embodying an application of my invention the same being shown in closed position. Fig. 2 illustrates the same in opened posiltion or in other words, with the line extended into the room in position to receive the clothes. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional detail of the arm pivoting means or support parts being broken away.

ll, d' indicate the brick Work of the building or house and 5 the sash frame which in Fig. 2 is shown opened or pushed up. Ii, Ii' indicate angle bars or plates Which may be secured to the building proper as shown and which may be provided with supporting straps 'I as shown for securing the bars t, 9, I@ being a U shaped member pivotally mounted at II so as to hang as shown in full outline or to be lifted as shown in dotted outline, the same being for retaining the arm I2 in opened or projected position as shown in Fig. 2 or in closed position as shown in Fig. 1.

The top bar may be of two` pieces as indicated at 8 or may be of a single length as shown at 9. In either case a T coupling IIB is employed and when supporting bars such as 3 are used they are threaded for engaging the T coupling as indicated at II, but Where a single bar such as Il is employed the T coupling is reamed out to allow a bar or tube such as Q to slide therethrough and in such case the bar is penetrated by a bolt or screw hook such as I2', I3 the same passing through the wall of the T coupling for securing the combination in position.

Another T coupling It is also employed as shown and carries the arm I2, and in the ends, top and bottom, oi? the T coupling I4 are screwed plugs I5 having smooth ends It, Il which engage the smoothed bores of the stems of the T couplings IIB, I8. These smooth studs Iii, I'I serving as pivotal bearings, are drilled tov receive the bolt or screw i2 at the top of the screw hook I 3 at the bottom. Likewise the shell of the T couplings Ill, I8 are preferably drilled and tapped so that when the screw and hook screw are turned down tightly they provide studs or pivots engaging the recesses in the plugs Iii, Il thus providing a pivotal bearing for the arm I2 and its T coupling Ill.

II) indicates another arm threaded at one end to engage a threaded hole 20 in the T coupling 5 I4 to secure said arm I9 at right angles to the arm 20 so that when hanging the clothes the arm I9 is engaged by the U shaped member I D as shown in Fig. 2 and when the clothes are hung and the window closed the arm I2 is en- 10 gaged in the holder Ill.

In hanging the clothes one side 2l of the clothes line is free of the hook I 3 while the other side 22 may hang therein as shown. The line extends into the room as shown in Fig. 2 15 and as the clothes are hung upon the lower portion 2l beneath the arm I2 the line is pushed out through the opened Window with the clothes as hung until full after which the lower side 2i of the line is also lifted upon the hook I3, the 20 holder I0 is raised and the arm IZ is pushed leftwardly until parallel with the bars or tubes 8, 9 when the holder III is dropped and the window may be closed. For taking the clothes from the line the holder IU is left out of engage- 25 ment with the bar I 2 and the bar or arm I2 is pulled into the room allowing the holder I t to drop over the arm I9 so as to retain the arm I2 securely in position. The side 2i of the line 22 is now lifted oli the hoek I3 and the clothes are 30 pulled in through the window and removed after which the arm I2 may again be engaged beneath the holder III and the Window closed thus providing a simple, strong and economical, easily attached device for holding and manipulating 35 the clothes line from the inside of the room Without danger of falling from the window.

Of course it Will be understood that various modications may be made in the construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. A line holding device of the class described comprising a cross frame adapted to be secured outside of and span a window, an arm pivotally secured upon said frame, a pulley at the free end of said arm, line engaging means adjacent said pivot, and means in combination with said frame for retaining said arm within or outside said window, said last mentioned means including an arm pivotally connected with said frame and a second arm rigidly connected to and eX- tending at right angles to said iirst mentioned arm.

2. A line holding device of the class described 55 ber pivotally mounted upon said frame and an arm connected with and extending at right angles to said rst mentioned arm for engagement by said U-shaped member for retaining said arm in extended position inside said window.

JOHN J. AHEARN. 

